New border fence along IB being constructed: BSF ADG

The anti-infiltration fence along the International Border with Pakistan is being reconstructed with a new design to make it more impregnable, said Satish Khandare, Additional Director General of Border Security Force’s (BSF) Western Command, in Chandigarh on Sunday.

“The existing fence has become quite old and is being replaced to strengthen the anti-infiltration grid. The new design will incorporate features that reduce the probability of it being breached or damaged,” he said while speaking to the media on the occasion of BSF’s 60th Raising Day.

He said a project to construct a road along the entire length of the border had also been approved by the Centre. That road would connect border outposts and border villages, making the movement of troops and logistics easier.

The BSF guards 2,290 km International Border with Pakistan and is also deployed along the 772-km stretch of the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. Most of the border is fenced though there are a few vulnerable patches along riverine stretches. The length of the border in Punjab is 553 km.

Khandare said, “We have deployed some anti-drone systems along the border, especially in Punjab, which have produced results and we are also in the process of developing new systems.”